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Is it going to be a Cod fest today?

By Sean McSeveny On October 22, 2014 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Conditions for Cod fishing could be almost perfect today. I have been waiting almost two weeks for the conditions to be similar to my last Cod session where I managed to land 32 Codling. These were the conditions yesterday morning. Conditions today are a lot different as Chesil Beach is now just fishable with extreme [...]
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Great expectations

By Sean McSeveny On October 21, 2014 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
I know a lot of anglers were hoping to get out last weekend and bag themselves a Cod, unfortunately the strong winds and rough sea conditions meant that no one was able to get onto Chesil Beach. The bad news is that the beach will continue to be a no go zone until at least [...]
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Is chesil Beach going to be fishable? Updated 10.30am Sunday

By Sean McSeveny On October 17, 2014 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Currently Chesil Beach is unfishable. Although the wind has dropped the swell and surf are large and extremely dangerous. Do not be stupid and attempt to fish it, its not worth it. I will update as conditions change. After recent reports of lots of Cod on Chesil, the main question on everyones lips this weekend [...]
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What a weekend

By Sean McSeveny On October 13, 2014 · 2 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
I hope you had as good a weekends fishing as I did. I am sure that for most of you that travelled to Chesil, you would have had a good session. Fishing was tougher on Saturday and Sunday than it was on Friday when I had an amazing session. The weed was a major problem, [...]
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One of the best day’s fishing on Chesil ever

By Sean McSeveny On October 11, 2014 · 1 Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Yesterday was without a doubt one of my best days of fishing on Chesil, if not the best day. What made it even better was I was guiding, so I was able to share a great day with my client. We both went home buzzing, it was one of those days that you remember for [...]
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Today is a Cod and Bass day

By Sean McSeveny On October 6, 2014 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
It is too rough to fish Chesil this morning, but the wind is set to drop considerably this afternoon, which will create ideal conditions for Bass and Cod. There are a lot of Codling off the beach, but most of them have been out of range of all but the better casters, but with a [...]
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The best sea fishing in the UK has to be around Portland & Weymouth

By Sean McSeveny On October 3, 2014 · 2 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Where is the best sea fishing in the UK? My answer to that is simple, it has to be the waters around Portland and Weymouth. Yes Chesil Beach can be a fantastic venue for shore fishing, but Portland has to be one of the best Rock fishing marks in the country as well. It certainly [...]
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The best fishing I have known for years.

By Sean McSeveny On September 29, 2014 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Anglers often ask me when is the best time of year to fish, and my reply is always September and October. This year it has been exceptional, I can’t remember when fishing from the shore or boat has been as good as it is at the moment. I went out on the Boat yesterday to [...]
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The Bass are starting to show in better numbers

By Sean McSeveny On September 26, 2014 · 3 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Bass fishing from the shore has started to improve, with some nice fish being landed all along the south West. This is the time of year that I really start to get excited especially when it comes to lure fishing.  I was guiding with a client on Tuesday, when the wind changed direction to the [...]
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Tuna off Portland

By Sean McSeveny On September 22, 2014 · 1 Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
For a couple of weeks now I have been hearing reports about Tuna being caught on the south coast, and this weekend I was lucky enough to actually witness one. I have spent most of the weekend fishing on the boat, with our main target being Bream, Plaice and Bass. Although I was guiding someone [...]
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My best weeks fishing so far this year.

By Sean McSeveny On September 19, 2014 · 3 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
It seems I must have been in the right place at the right time every day this week, as it has been one of my best weeks fishing for several years. Most days I have been out guiding and I have helped all my clients get some lovely fish, Including this Trigger Fish that decided [...]
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Early season Cod

By Sean McSeveny On September 17, 2014 · 2 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Cod fishing on Chesil Beach normally starts towards the end of October, with last year being an exception, as it started in late September. This year everything has been turned on its head. We have been seeing good catches of Codling for weeks, and they seem to be getting larger by the week. Danny Woodcock [...]
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How to catch Trigger Fish

By Sean McSeveny On September 9, 2014 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Simply turn up on Chesil Beach, cast out and catch one! Just like in the picture below, with my client from yesterdays guiding session. If only it was that simple! In truth there is no black magic involved with catching Trigger Fish, if you find the right location you have a very good chance of [...]
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looking forward to a few days of good fishing.

By Sean McSeveny On September 5, 2014 · 1 Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Due to fishing on the boat a lot recently, I have not really had the chance to take advantage of the great fishing that has been reported from the shore. I hope to rectify that starting today. I am looking forward to having a go for some Bream and Red Mullet from the Portland end [...]
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Bait fish everywhere

By Sean McSeveny On September 2, 2014 · 1 Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
We have now entered my favourite months in the fishing year. For the next three months the fishing will be at it’s best. This summer has been exceptional for a number of species including Bream, Gurnard, Red Mullet and surprisingly Cod. For the next couple of months the fish will be more prolific and bigger, [...]
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Monster Conger Eel could be lurking in Weymouth Harbour

By Sean McSeveny On August 25, 2014 · 2 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
A huge 81lb Conger that was caught during last weeks Conger Festival, was released alive into Weymouth harbour after being weighed. Several other 60lb+ eels were also released. There is no way of knowing where the eels swam off too, but they could be lurking under one of the piers. That will certainly give the [...]
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Huge Tope caught from Chesil

By Sean McSeveny On August 22, 2014 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Rumours that a 47lb Tope was caught from Chesil Beach are true. I have seen the pictures of what can only be described as one of the best fish to have been caught on Chesil for years. Unfortunately at this time I do not have permission to post the pictures. It is no great surprise [...]
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Trigger Fish and Cod

By Sean McSeveny On August 19, 2014 · 4 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
When I think of Trigger Fish and Cod, I immediately think summer and winter fish. You normally associate Cod with autumn and winter fishing, and Trigger Fish are normally the last of the warm water summer species to show up. Right now we are seeing both at the same time on Chesil Beach and I [...]
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A good weekend of fishing ahead.

By Sean McSeveny On August 15, 2014 · 1 Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Lets hope that after this bit of a blow we have just had that we get back to the excellent fishing we have had for the previous few weeks. The water has cleared to a nice level now, so we should see the bream and Mackerel fishing getting back to what we would expect at [...]
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Another rough day on Chesil.

By Sean McSeveny On August 12, 2014 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Where can I fish today, as it is a bit too rough on Chesil? This is a question I hear a lot when it gets as windy and rough as it is today, so I have decided to tweak a post I wrote last year. When I got up yesterday I had a look down [...]
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Too many Mackerel !!

By Sean McSeveny On August 8, 2014 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Is it possible for there to be too many Mackerel? Most would say no, but when you have planned a Bream trip and a you can’t get through the shoal, it can be a bit annoying, but I am not going to complain. That was the situation I was in on Tuesday. It was wonderful [...]
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A bit of a breeze

By Sean McSeveny On August 1, 2014 · 10 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
After weeks of settled weather it looks like it will be a bit wet and breezy this weekend, but don’t let that bother you too much. If Chesil beach churns up then it could well produce a few Bass and even the odd Codling. It certainly won’t put off the Bream that have been coming [...]
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What a Bream summer

By Sean McSeveny On July 29, 2014 · 1 Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Last year was probably one of the worst years for Bream fishing I have known in the South of England. This year is more than making up for that. I can’t remember the last time, if ever that we have had so many Bream around the Dorset marks. Chesil in particular is fishing exceptionally well [...]
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It just keeps getting better

By Sean McSeveny On July 25, 2014 · 1 Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
The fishing reports for Dorset just seem to be getting better and better by the day. I thought it was good last weekend, but this week it has gone into top gear. The only fish that I have yet to hear about being caught is a Trigger Fish. Every other regular summer visitor is here [...]
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The best fishing for years

By Sean McSeveny On July 21, 2014 · 1 Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
This past week has seen some of the best fishing on Chesil Beach that I have known for years. Unbelievably amongst the summer species we have had a run of Codling. We have even had a return of my favourite eating species the Red Mullet, with decent numbers showing up all along the beach. It [...]
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Gurnard Galore

By Sean McSeveny On July 19, 2014 · 1 Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
I am hearing that loads of Gurnard are being caught from the Weymouth and Portland end of Chesil, as well as a good few Bream. This is pretty much what we would expect at this time of year. What I didn’t expect was reports of Cod from the same marks. I love the summer as [...]
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What’s happening?

By Sean McSeveny On July 15, 2014 · 1 Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
It has been a mad couple of weeks and I know I have not posted anything for over a week, so I apologise to my regular readers. Don’t worry we are not going disappear like most of the fishing blogs that come and go these days; far from it. I am hoping to be able [...]
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Why was I away camping, when I should have been fishing?

By Sean McSeveny On July 8, 2014 · 1 Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Camping or fishing? That was my choice for last weekend. Why oh why did I choose camping? It seems as if it was one of those weekends when the fish were all too eager to jump on your line. I came home to a load of emails and Facebook messages about how great the fishing [...]
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Tuna found in the Fleet

By Sean McSeveny On July 4, 2014 · 4 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
A dead Tuna thought to weigh around 30lb has been found up the Fleet. No its not a wind up, and the report is a bit late, as my spam filtered had removed the email that was sent to me over a week ago. The fish was found by Mark Beech, whilst walking his dogs [...]
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Today looks like a Bass fishing day

By Sean McSeveny On July 1, 2014 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
If you want to catch a Bass today, then you could do far worse than head for Preston Beach in Weymouth. It doesn’t have to be Preston Beach, as any Easterly facing beach is likely to produce Bass today. With the wind coming from the east it has created a nice bit of surf, which [...]
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Finally the wind is no longer in the East

By Sean McSeveny On June 27, 2014 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
When the wind’s in the East, the fish bite the least! I am sure many of you have heard that saying, and to be honest I am not a great believer in it, except when it comes to boat fishing. That is mainly due to the fact that most of the boat marks I fish [...]
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Everyone must have been on the River

By Sean McSeveny On June 23, 2014 · 4 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
What a fantastic weekend we have just had. I was surprised though to see so few people on Chesil at the Ferrybridge end. I know quite a few of my mates were taking advantage of the first weekend of the course fishing season, and were out on various rivers and lakes. We will be featuring [...]
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Summer fishing is finally here

By Sean McSeveny On June 20, 2014 · 2 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
What’s it to be? Bream fishing, Gurnard, Mackerel and Bass. Just a few of the species  you could catch this weekend, and with the great weather we are having, I guess it doesn’t matter as long as you are going fishing. I am going to head West in the search of some Rays, most likely [...]
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British Record weight Flounder caught in Portland harbour

By Sean McSeveny On June 15, 2014 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
A Flounder that is equal in weight to the current British record was caught this week in Portland harbour. Portland harbour is pretty underrated as a Flounder mark, and wrongly so. It produces good numbers of Flounder throughout the year, however it has never been regarded as a big fish venue. The captor was Paul [...]
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Ray fishing just seems to get better

By Sean McSeveny On June 9, 2014 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
I have noticed over the past couple of years that Ray fishing seems to be getting better and better. Undulate and Blonde Rays in particular seem to be making a remarkable come back, with larger fish being landed all the time, and the number of smaller fish increasing. This is due in no small way [...]
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Time for change

By Sean McSeveny On June 6, 2014 · 4 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Conditions over the weekend are going to be pretty different from today. The wind is going to drop to almost nothing over night making it ideal to target Bream, Gurnard and Mackerel from Chesil. However for me there is only one beach worth fishing in this area and that is Preston Beach in Weymouth. The [...]
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Invasion of the crabs

By Sean McSeveny On June 2, 2014 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
How do I stop the crabs from robbing my bait? Right now we are in the middle of the Spider Crab spawning period. They come inshore in there thousands and eat everything that they come across. The shallower areas of Chesil to the West such as Abbotsbury and West Bexington with finer sand and gravel [...]
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Lures V’s feathers

By Sean McSeveny On May 30, 2014 · 2 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Apologies for late reports this week, but I have not been very well. Thankfully I am well on the way to recovery. I was wondering about how to start today s forecast, when I received an email from Simon Bridge from Bournemouth. He wanted to share a story about a recent trip to Chesil, which [...]
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A mixed weekend of fishing

By Sean McSeveny On May 26, 2014 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
As is so typical on a bank holiday weekend the weather was not great for most of it. Though it did improve for Monday and I was very surprised to see the water clear so quickly after it got fairly coloured on Saturday and Sunday with the onshore brisk winds.  I was incredibly surprised to [...]
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The effect of water temperature on fishing

By Sean McSeveny On May 23, 2014 · 1 Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
The importance of water temperature on fishing can not be ignored. Temperature is one of the main triggers of fish movement and this is clearly evident this year. The water temperature is 2.4 degrees warmer at the moment that it was this time last year. Fishing over this same bank holiday last year was pretty [...]
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A good weekend for the Rays

By Sean McSeveny On May 20, 2014 · 2 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
The Ray fishing in Dorset was pretty good over the weekend, as several nice fish were landed on numerous different marks. Ben Cass landed an 8lb Thornback from Abbotsbury on unwashed Squid fished on a pulley pennel rig at distance.  Leo was persuaded by his daughters to fish Warbarrow Bay on Saturday. After a slow [...]
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It is time to get the lures out

By Sean McSeveny On May 16, 2014 · 4 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Lure fishing for Bass, or any other species is by far my favourite method of fishing. Its a light, mobile and sporting style that has given me a far greater success rate than any other method I have tried. This set of spring tides in May, normally heralds the start of the Bass fishing around [...]
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A good fishing forecast

By Sean McSeveny On May 13, 2014 · 3 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
The fishing conditions are starting to look a lot better than they have been for some time. As predicted on Friday, fishing on Chesil was almost impossible over the weekend. However a number of marks fished pretty well, with Preston Beach being one of the better ones. Plenty of small Bass and Flounder were taken [...]
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A quick update on where to fish today

By Sean McSeveny On May 11, 2014 · 2 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
As promised, I have done an update to let people know what options you have for fishing today. As you can imagine Chesil is pretty much unfishable, but reports coming in from a number of marks indicate that all is not lost. Preston Beach is fishing well for small Bass, Flounder and small Rays. West [...]
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A poor weekend of fishing ahead

By Sean McSeveny On May 9, 2014 · 8 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
I would love to say that the fishing forecast for this weekend is looking good, but its not. Chesil will be close to unfishable, and the water will be coloured. It is no sea to be going out on a boat and the Mullet have not shown up yet. So where can you go for [...]
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Ray time

By Sean McSeveny On May 7, 2014 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
As forecast last weekend, the May water has had a negative effect on a lot of the fishing on Chesil. However it does not seem to have put the Rays and Smoothound off. Wests Sea Angling club had a match on Chesil on Saturday, which they reported was hard going. However they did manage to [...]
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What effect will the May water have on fishing

By Sean McSeveny On May 2, 2014 · 2 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Unfortunately the May water is back with us, but how much will this effect fishing as a whole? Without a doubt it does have a negative effect on a lot of fishing, and if you want to continue to successfully catch fish whilst it is around, you will most likely need to be more specific [...]
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Some good fish showing on Chesil at last

By Sean McSeveny On April 29, 2014 · 6 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
In complete contrast to last years Chesil Championships, some decent fish were caught during the competition held last weekend. Several Bass were caught along with some nice sized Smoothound, but the biggest fish landed on the day was an 8lb 4oz. Small Eyed Ray for Mark Ayles. Water clarity is not great anywhere on the [...]
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The Bass are back

By Sean McSeveny On April 28, 2014 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
I am pretty excited this morning, as the news is that the Bass are back after a long winter. As is usual they just appeared on the spring tide. Despite uncomfortable and tough fishing conditions on Saturday quite a few of my mates managed to pick up a number of Bass. The largest I heard [...]
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The magic temperature

By Sean McSeveny On April 25, 2014 · 4 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
The water temperature on Chesil Beach has hit the magic 11°c. mark. It is much earlier this year than it has been for a number of years, especially last year. Water temperature is one of the most important factors in sea fishing. It acts as triggers for behaviour such as spawning and feeding. The all important [...]
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